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HTC Vive slightly beats Oculus Rift when it comes to developer loyalty

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Developer loyalty can make or break a new platform — like virtual reality. And this year, developers are favoring the HTC Vive VR headset, just barely, over the Oculus Rift, according to a new poll for the upcoming VRDC conference.

The VRDC tried to gauge which headset was most popular among developers making VR games. The HTC Vive edged out its rival, getting 48.6 percent of the vote, compared to 43.2 percent for the Oculus Rift. The Samsung Gear VR came in third at 33.8 percent, followed by Google Cardboard at 29.2 percent.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.